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Vector search engine inside Milvus, integrating FAISS, HNSW, DiskANN.

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Vector search engine inside Milvus, integrating FAISS, HNSW, DiskANN.

knowhere has 371 stars on GitHub. It has been forked 156 times. knowhere is written mainly in C++. It has been in active development since 2023. knowhere is available under the Apache-2.0 license. Its main topics are faiss, gpu, hnsw, nearest-neighbor-search.

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What is knowhere?

Vector search engine inside Milvus, integrating FAISS, HNSW, DiskANN.

Is knowhere open source?

knowhere is an open-source project. It is released under the Apache-2.0 license.

Is knowhere free?

Yes. knowhere is free and open source — you can use, modify and self-host it.

What license does knowhere use?

knowhere is available under the Apache-2.0 license.

What language is knowhere written in?

knowhere is written mainly in C++.

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